August 25, 2015—Ginger Gilbert, Creative Director with J+J Flooring Group, and Kemp Harr discuss J+J's recent design symposium focused on identifying design trends in the Senior Living Healthcare sector. Listen to the interview for more details. J+J Flooring Group has published a report as a result of this meeting.
August 24, 2015—John Baugh, Managing director with Stifel Nicolaus, and Kemp Harr discuss the second quarter performance of the publicly traded flooring producers as well as the cause for the rapid decline of the U.S. Stock Market. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 20, 2015—Anne Demers, Marketing Director at Specialty Tile, a tile distributor based in Atlanta, and Kemp Harr discuss why Anne travels to Italy every year for the Cersaie Show—the largest ceramic tile trade show in the world. Listen to the interview to hear more about the show, Specialty's business and current tile trends.
August 17, 2015—Dean Thompson, President of the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI), and Kemp Harr discuss the size and growth rate of the Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) market and why it is one of the fastest growing categories in the flooring business. Listen to the interview for more details.
August 14, 2015—Chip Hartzog and Marcel Bornheim, Oerlikon's President-USA and VP Customer Service (respectively), and Kemp Harr discuss the ribbon cutting of Oerlikon's Dalton service center. Listen to the interview to hear more about Oerlikon and the purpose for this new Dalton location.
August 13, 2015—Gary Johnston, Marketing Director for Stainmaster, and Kemp Harr discuss Invista's Stainmaster Carpet Top Dog Competition which runs for two months starting in September. In this competition, flooring retailers who grow their Stainmaster carpet sales by the highest percentage will win designation as the Top Dog and their sales associates will receive prizes. Listen to the interview for more details and also hear about Invista's national consumer advertising plans.
August 12, 2015—John McGrath, Director with Install, and Kemp Harr discuss what the organization is and what Install is doing to solve the flooring industry's issues around having enough trained floorcovering installers to satisfy the demand.
August 10, 2015—Rick Morris, VP of Sales Commercial, for USF Contract, and Kemp Harr discuss Rick's new role at the commercial division of US Floors, his decision to join the company and a recent charity event held last week in Atlanta at the Nicholas House. Listen to the interview to hear about the business and a unique branding idea that replaces trade show giveaway items.
August 7, 2015—Mitch Dancik, Founder of Dancik International, and Kemp Harr discuss Dancik's acquisition by UK based Kerridge Commercial Systems. Listen to the interview to hear how the firms differ and how they complement each other and what this will mean to Dancik's North American Flooring software business.
August 6, 2015—Karen Bellinger, VP of Business Development for HPS Schönox, and Kemp Harr discuss the second annual Man Versus Floor Worst Subfloor in North America contest and the smooth performance award. Listen to the interview to hear the strategy behind the worst subfloor contest and the firm's best distributor award that was recently awarded to CDC based in Cincinnati.